ROTTEN TOMATOES: Andrew Wright

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	Hamlet 2
	Mirrors
	Tropic Thunder
	Baghead
	Journey to the Center of the Earth
	Kung Fu Panda
	The Forbidden Kingdom
	Iron Man
	Shine a Light
	Charlie Bartlett
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	Lakeview Terrace
	Pineapple Express
	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
	CSNY D�j� Vu
	Speed Racer
	Zombie Strippers
	George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead
	Rambo
	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
	Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

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	" A potentially decent B-picture stymied by the director's newfound tendency to stay within the lines." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Sep 17, 2008	Lakeview Terrace (2008)	42%
	" *[S]tands as an act of comedic alchemy -- a slick, occasionally inspired Dangerous Minds* satire that Coogan forcibly drags to a state of near brilliance.*" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA)* Posted Aug 20, 2008	Hamlet 2 (2008)	63%
	" The combination of Sutherland's beyond-the-call gravitas, director Alexandre (High Tension) Aja's demento visual sense, and a spookily lyrical ending earns it at least a short-term stay in the Halls of Yick." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Aug 15, 2008	Mirrors (2008)	15%
	" A bit toothless -- it's difficult to cut too deeply when your satirical take on studio blockbusters and crazy actors is produced by a major studio with Tom Cruise in a supporting role -- but offers a number of genuine laughs between the self-congratulator" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Aug 13, 2008	Tropic Thunder (2008)	83%
	" Takes an ingenious -- and perhaps necessary -- shift into more accessible filmmaking. Okay, it's less of a shift than a sort of yawning amiable slouch, but you get my drift." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Aug 6, 2008	Baghead (2008)	78%
	" Divvied up into YouTube lengths, it'd be awesome. Seen as a whole, it comes worryingly close to the feature-length equivalent of Burt Reynolds slapping Dom DeLuise during the end credits to The Cannonball Run." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Aug 6, 2008	Pineapple Express (2008)	68%
	" I mean, honestly, how does somebody screw up a Yeti attack?" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jul 31, 2008	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)	13%
	" Give Young credit for getting beyond the standard tour-bus and backstage environments, but the broad scope ultimately gives short shrift to both the veterans and the legendary discord among the bandmates." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jul 23, 2008	CSNY D�j� Vu (2008)	64%
	" The comin'-at-ya effects are certainly state of the art ... but any hopes that the film might blaze new trails are squashed the first time someone picks up a paddleball. Kids should lap it up; for anyone else, Dramamine is advised." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jul 9, 2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)	62%
	" Chalk it up to either a newfound maturity or [Dreamworks] management being asleep at the wheel, but, somehow, someway, it achieves a low-impact playfulness that actually feels kind of... charming." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jun 5, 2008	Kung Fu Panda (2008)	89%
	" Yeah, it's a dopey kid's movie, but -- significant detail -- one that feels like it was actually written for kids ... Also, whenever things threaten to get too schlocky, this amazing villainess with a magic bullwhip shows up." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted May 15, 2008	The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)	64%
	" *An immense, Otter Pop colored nostalgic thing* that expends so much energy replicating every last widget and geegaw from its source that it forgets to be, you know, fun.*" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA)* Posted May 8, 2008	Speed Racer (2008)	37%
	" The action scenes lack the fizz of the character moments ... still, there's enough good stuff here to place this in the upper tier of movies about guys in long underwear." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted May 1, 2008	Iron Man (2008)	93%
	" That faint thumping noise you hear is Russ Meyer doing donuts in his grave." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Apr 25, 2008	Zombie Strippers (2008)	41%
	" Never aims for transcendence, settling instead for really, really good ... the overriding impression is of a bunch of legendary deviants content to remain in showman mode." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Apr 3, 2008	Shine a Light (2008)	86%
	" In this era of the slick, soundtrack-propelled high-school movie, it's refreshing to see one that tries to chew too much." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Feb 20, 2008	Charlie Bartlett (2007)	55%
	" [Drowns]its predecessors' virtues in what feels like an endless Mad Lib of Wired magazine buzzwords ... If America's defining doomcryer is right that today's audiences need this much spoon-feeding, then his latest and least film is scarier than it seems." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Feb 13, 2008	George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)	60%
	" Stays on the verge of being a rousing dumbass flick at all times -- you've never seen so many mid-air organs -- yet its combination of outrageous bodily trauma and beagle-eyed moments of reflection never quite makes it go over the top." -- Portland Mercury Posted Jan 24, 2008	Rambo (2008)	37%
	" A magnum dopus so utterly inept that it somehow comes off as perversely admirable. The other two people at Friday's matinee seemed to enjoy it, too." -- Portland Mercury Posted Jan 14, 2008	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)	4%
	" It's a Wonderful Life is no longer the most depressing Christmas movie ever made." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Dec 26, 2007	Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)	14%
	" An extremely entertaining conversation starter of a movie, of the sort earmarked for a better-than-average night out with the folks. Depending, of course, on their tolerance for scenes involving talky naked strippers in hot tubs." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Dec 19, 2007	Charlie Wilson's War (2007)	83%
	" Another well-meaning, dopily prosaic movie of the sort that often gets a mercy nomination thrown its way ... Does a severe disservice to a truly great history." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Dec 12, 2007	Color of Freedom (2007)	44%
	" A largely terrific, meanly gripping movie ... nearly upended by the use of some noticeably lousy CGI effects. Ditch the computers, slather some greasepaint on some extras, and we'd be talking a minor classic." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Dec 12, 2007	I Am Legend (2007)	69%
	" Children in dire situations can be a tricky, quasi-exploitive subject for filmmakers ... but it's handled here in a responsible, occasionally joyous fashion. You can still feel your heartstrings being pulled, but when it's done this well, it's tough to be" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Nov 30, 2007	War Dance (2007)	86%
	" Rooted firmly on the positive side of good and dumb ... Whether you go for it or not may ultimately depend on your feelings about a movie that helpfully explains its locations with onscreen captions like "London: England" and "Moscow: Russia."" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Nov 21, 2007	Hitman (2007)	15%
	" Brilliantly astringent ... To watch it is to see a filmmaker at the absolute top of his game, even if this particular game probably shouldn't be topped." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Nov 21, 2007	Margot at the Wedding (2007)	52%
N/A	" Interview with Josh Brolin" -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Nov 14, 2007	No Country for Old Men (2007)	94%
	" Call it terrifying, stunningly bleak, humane, epic, intimate, darkly funny, deadly serious, or what have you: Whatever laudatory adjectives you throw its way are going to stick." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Nov 14, 2007	No Country for Old Men (2007)	94%
	" Doesn't exactly advance the genre -- think Red Eye with twice the gore and triple the dumb -- but some above-the-call performances and a nifty use of its setting make this two-hander a genuinely creepy diversion." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Nov 7, 2007	P2 (2007)	35%
	" Really a fairly amazing achievement: an engrossing, witty cultural document that doesn't feel staid in the least. All this, plus spear fights." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 31, 2007	Ten Canoes (2007)	98%
	" Enjoyably oddball without falling into molar-decaying twee ... favorably recalls the all-too-brief post-Repo Man era, when the possibilities of indie film seemed head-bustingly limitless." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 31, 2007	Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)	65%
	" Everyone involved seems to be coasting ... Scott's gift for composition and the occasional flash of wickedness from Washington keeps this from being a bad film, precisely, just a disappointing one." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 31, 2007	American Gangster (2007)	79%
	" Would most likely have made for a decent late-night Cinemax staple, but its stabs at higher significance only bring on the giggles." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 21, 2007	Waist Deep (2006)	26%
	" The kind of glorious sensory rush that you can only get when a supremely confident director fully kicks out the jams. Submerged within the flash, however, is a nihilistic worldview that may be even more curdled than its predecessors." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 21, 2007	Lady Vengeance (2005)	75%
	" Extremely well acted, admirably evenhanded, and wholly respectful of a subject that could easily devolve into Lifetime-channel schmaltz. It just fails to make much of an impression." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 17, 2007	Reservation Road (2007)	37%
	" *Rises above its source material, both in plot and gut-rumbling tone. Even accounting for a few logy sequences, it's the most relentless, sustained freak-out since The Descent." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA)* Posted Oct 17, 2007	30 Days of Night (2007)	50%
	" Highlighted by a performance by Benicio Del Toro at his most magnetically bedraggled, this is a welcome rarity: a full-on heartstring yanker that doesn't leave the viewer feeling ill-used afterward." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 17, 2007	Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)	65%
	" [Keeps] the book's thorny sense of morality while adding a living, breathing Boston atmosphere that most veteran directors would be proud of. It's a great movie." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 17, 2007	Gone Baby Gone (2007)	94%
	" Devotees of the source material will no doubt grouse at the liberties taken, but [Ian] McShane does what he can to keep the torches and pitchforks at bay." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 5, 2007	The Seeker (2007)	13%
	" Sustained passages of eerie, Malickian beauty (an early sequence involving a train robbery feels like one of the reasons that film was invented), mixed with increasing stretches of self-conscious artiness ... It casts a spell, but only intermittently." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Oct 3, 2007	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)	75%
	" A Big, Important movie that feels much more successful when it downshifts into a simple genre picture -- in this case, a rock 'em, sock 'em action flick. Given the relevance of its subject matter, this is a bit of a problem." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Sep 26, 2007	The Kingdom (2007)	51%
	" At a time when our space program is mostly distinguished by its tragedies, we may need this more than we know. For 90 minutes, at least, the gee-whiz pioneer spirit proves alive and well." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Sep 25, 2007	In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)	94%
	" Has a few moments of Hunter Thompsonish comic inspiration, but its vibe feels more untethered by the minute." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Sep 13, 2007	The Hunting Party (2007)	54%
	" A brilliant reminder of the glory days of Heroic Bloodshed ... call it a flashback, a comeback, or the end of an era; all I know is that I want to see it again." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Sep 13, 2007	Exiled (2007)	81%
	" [Jones] can't single-handedly save this frustrating film from its overly earnest impulses, but when he's onscreen, at least the hokum burns cleaner." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Sep 13, 2007	In the Valley of Elah (2007)	72%
	" An honestly charming, witty confection, with nary a martyred female or uncomfortable money shot to be found. [Von Trier's] gotta be up to something." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Aug 15, 2007	The Boss of it All (2007)	73%
	" Moves relentlessly, intelligently forward, as everything extraneous gets chucked over the side ... the picture thrums with an unbelievable amount of energy." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Aug 2, 2007	The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)	93%
	" Manages to feel like a pretty good extended episode from somewhere around the show's golden era ... I'm not booing, I'm saying Boo-urns." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jul 26, 2007	The Simpsons Movie (2007)	90%
	" You know that certain kind of foreign film? The one that just sort of sits there amiably and gets called stuff like "heartwarming" and "delightful" on the poster? ... My Best Friend fits snugly in the category above." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jul 25, 2007	My Best Friend (2007)	75%
	" The term "visionary" gets batted around a lot when it comes to the sci-fi genre, but in its final, blazing moments, Boyle's dazzling, triphoppy space opera comes closer than most." -- The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Posted Jul 25, 2007	Sunshine (2007)	76%

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